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Definition of Obligingness
1. Noun. A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others.
Generic synonyms: Agreeability, Agreeableness
Derivative terms: Complaisant, Compliant, Compliant, Comply, Deferent, Deferential, Obliging
Definition of Obligingness
1. Noun. The quality of being obliging; the tendency to cater for the desires of others. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obligingness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obligingness
Literary usage of Obligingness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Retrospective Review by Henry Southern (1822)
"Then she's so obliging, civil, and courteous, as obligingness, civility, and
courtesy, seem to be born with her, and it is feared will die and be buried ..."
2. The Musical World (1853)
"And even in the case of questionable, and fifth-rate singers, &c., this ready
obligingness, or superficial musical enthusiasm, is too happy to volunteer ..."
3. The Religion of the Heart: A Manual of Faith and Duty / by Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt (1853)
"It shows a willingness to gratify; a spirit of obligingness; and obligingness,
spread over the little moments of which the chief part of life is made up, ..."
4. The Religion of the Heart: A Manual of Faith and Duty by Leigh Hunt (1857)
"It shows a willingness to gratify ; a spirit of obligingness ; and obligingness,
spread over the little moments of which the chief part of life is made up, ..."
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